Bishop Ernest Maria Çoba †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania

Titular Bishop of Midaëum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Feb 1912		Born
1935²	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Shkodrë, Albania
9 Feb 1936	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Shkodrë, Albania
21 Jan 1952	39.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
21 Jan 1952	39.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Midaëum
20 Apr 1952	40.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Midaëum
8 Jan 1980	67.8	Died	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ernest Maria Çoba
Bishop Ernest Maria Çoba
(born 16 Feb 1912, died 8 Jan 1980)
Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë

Event Place
Birth Place Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Death Place Prison, Tiranë, Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo)
Buried Place (Original) Tiranë, Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo)
Buried Place (Current) St. Stefan, Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë

a priest for 43.9 years
a bishop for 27.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista della Pietra, S.J. †
Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Pult (Pulati)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bernardin Shlaku, O.F.M. † (1910)
Bishop of Pult (Pulati)
Bishop Nicola Marconi, O.F.M. Ref. † (1891)
Bishop of Pult (Pulati)
Bishop Etienne-Marie Potron, O.F.M. Obs. † (1889)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Ernest Cardinal Simoni (1956)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonin Fishta, O.F.M. † (1957)
Bishop Nikollë Troshani † (1959)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q9254712

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 28
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 49, Number 3,369
od/c1/loc: CB, 2 Oct 2025

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